US Patent Issued on May 12 for "Systems and methods for folding and packing a human powerable vehicle" (Wyoming Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,747, issued on May 12.

"Systems and methods for folding and packing a human powerable vehicle" was invented by Bert Vermeulen (Cheyenne, Wyo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bicycle folding system comprises a front fork with a first steerer for rotating the front fork in a head tube, a second steerer that rotatably attaches to a crown of the front fork, and a clamp module that secures the first steerer in the head tube. The clamp module also detachably attaches to the second steerer, which (a) secures the second steerer in front of and substantially parallel to the first steerer when the bicycle is in a rideable configuration, and (b...